Chandigarh/New Delhi, Sep 12: Political parties scrambled to release names of their remaining candidates for the Haryana assembly polls on Thursday, the last day of filing nominations, even as several nominees including Congress leader Randeep Surjewala’s son Aditya filed their papers for the October 5 elections.
Former Haryana deputy chief minister and Congress candidate Chander Mohan and former CM Bansi Lal’s granddaughter and BJP candidate Shruti Choudhry also filed their nomination papers from Panchkula and Tosham, respectively.
Indian National Lok Dal (INLD) leader Abhay Chautala filed his nomination from Ellenabad while BJP nominee and minister Mahipal Dhanda filed his papers from Panipat Rural.
Aditya Surjewala, accompanied by his father, filed his papers from the Kaithal seat.
BJP’s Kurukshetra MP Naveen Jindal’s mother Savitri Jindal, who was denied ticket by the party, also filed her nomination from the Hisar seat as an independent.
Earlier, major political parties, including the Congress and the AAP, released the lists of their remaining candidates. The ruling BJP has already announced its candidates for all 90 assembly seats in the state.
On Thursday, the Congress announced the names of eight more candidates for the polls, while leaving one seat for the CPI(M), as it accounted for all 90 seats.
With the fourth, fifth and sixth lists coming out in quick succession before the deadline for filing nominations which ended on Thursday, the Congress declared candidates on 89 of the 90 seats. The party left the Bhiwani seat for the CPI(M).
The fourth list came a few hours after the Congress declared its third list of 40 candidates on Wednesday night.
The party fielded Parimal Pari from Ambala Cantt, its youth leader Sachin Kundu from Panipat Rural, Satbir Dublain from the Narwana (SC) seat and Rohit Nagar from Tigaon. Journalist Sarva Mitra Kamboj, who recently joined the Congress, has been fielded from the Rania seat in Sirsa district.
In its fifth list, the Congress announced the names of former MLA Naresh Selwal from Uklana (SC) and Jasbir Singh from Narnuad.
In the final list, the party announced the candidature of Rohtash Khatana, who was previously associated with the JJP, from Sohna.
The party had engaged in seat-sharing talks with the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) for the polls which hit a deadlock following hard bargaining from both sides. Since then, the AAP has released multiple lists of its candidates.
The AAP Thursday released the names of remaining candidates for the assembly polls, fielding senior leader Prem Garg from Panchkula.
For the 90-member Haryana Assembly, the party had till Wednesday declared the names of 70 candidates.
The AAP on Thursday named its candidates for the seats including Kalka, Ambala City, Mulana, Shahabad, Pehowa, Guhla, Panipat, Jind, Fatehabad, Ellenabad, Nalwa, Loharu, Badhra, Dadri, Faridabad NIT and Nuh. (PTI)
